Walker says he's not pursuing Right to Work

6:40 PM,
Dec. 10, 2012

Written by

DEE J. HALL
and MARY SPICUZZA

Gov. Scott Walker and the head of the state Assembly say they are not pursuing right-to-work legislation, whose passage by Republican counterparts in Michigan has prompted mass protests at that state capital.

Wisconsin Senate's top Republican, Majority Leader-elect Scott Fitzgerald, declined Monday through an aide to comment on whether he would pursue such a bill.

Rapid-fire passage in Michigan of measures that would weaken private- and public-sector unions has prompted speculation that Wisconsin may consider similar legislation. In 2011, Gov. Scott Walker and the newly elected ...